Peace River—Westlock
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Peace River—Westlock in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 108,095 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 75,362 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 105,095 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1 | ||
| Census divisions | Division No. 13, Division No. 17, Division No. 18, Division No. 19 | ||
| Census subdivisions | Barrhead, Barrhead No. 11, Big Lakes, Greenview No. 16, Mackenzie, Peace River, Slave Lake, Westlock, Westlock County, Whitecourt | ||
Peace River—Westlock is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Peace River—Westlock was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order.[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 19, 2015.[3] It was created out of parts of Peace River, Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Yellowhead, and Westlock—St. Paul.[4]
Conservative Arnold Viersen, a former mechanic, has been the riding's MP since 2015.
Members of Parliament[edit]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace River—Westlock Riding created from Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Peace River Westlock—St. Paul, and Yellowhead |
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| 42nd | 2015–present | Arnold Viersen | Conservative | |
Profile[edit]
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This riding is a typical conservative stronghold riding. There are several ridings in Alberta that the Conservative Party of Canada realistically expects to win, and this is one of them. However, the northern portion of the riding is less strongly conservative than the rest, with pockets of support for the NDP. Historically, this riding has been always right-leaning, with support beginning toward the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, shifting toward the right-wing Reform Alliance Party after the time of prime minister Brian Mulroney, and then held by the new Conservative Party of Canada since the unification of the Progressive Conservatives and Canadian Alliance in 2003.
Election results[edit]
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Arnold Viersen | 34,342 | 69.35 | -8.46 | $74,852.55 | |||
| New Democratic | Cameron Alexis | 7,127 | 14.39 | +1.35 | $10,844.13 | |||
| Liberal | Chris Brown | 6,360 | 12.84 | +9.20 | $6,504.94 | |||
| Green | Sabrina Lee Levac | 1,247 | 2.52 | -1.34 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Jeremy Sergeew | 443 | 0.89 | – | $108.02 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,519 | 100.00 | $259,766.62 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 170 | 0.34 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,689 | 65.93 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,362 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -4.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 28,986 | 77.81 | |
| New Democratic | 4,859 | 21.10 | |
| Green | 1,436 | 3.85 | |
| Liberal | 1,357 | 3.64 | |
| Others | 616 | 1.65 | |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ District Description
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ Report – Alberta
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Peace River—Westlock (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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